Barter will be the formula of the Atleti 2020-21 to reinforce itself

Spanish football pierces complicated moments because of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. All the clubs have been affected by the derived crisis of this and the imminent transfer market will not be like that of previous summers. And Atlético will not be oblivious to what happens in the other entities. In fact, 35 of the 42 professional soccer clubs exceed the financial limit of LaLiga and all want to go hand in hand in this regard and follow the same rules of the game.

At Atlético there were a meeting between leaders and technicians, with coach Diego Pablo Simeone and with sports director Andrea Berta at the helm, where it was clear how the rojiblanca 2020-21 squad will be. And basically it will be very similar to this campaign. He equipment practically will not touch. Simeone already plans with the club the squad for next season, in which there will be hardly any changes.

Atlético will dispense with a right back. He has three right now: Trippier, Arias and Vrsaljko. Cholo is happy with all of them and Atlético will look for a team for one. In principle it seems that Trippier has an advantage over the other two, but anyone can get out. Meanwhile, on the left side Lodi has no natural substitute and the Brazilian's replacement will be at home: Manu Sánchez or Caio Henrique. One of the two will remain on the roster to compete for a spot with Lodi and the other will leave the Atletico club. He last come back after two years of successful assignment in Brazil (in Fluminense and in the Guild), but he will find that the former has grown strong on the side: he has played this season 326 ' in four rojiblanco first team matches, all of them after the break.

Departures

Could also some footballer, one or two at mostalthough the formula for this would be the exchange. There is no other. Atlético will not spend money to reinforce the squad. LaLiga will stipulate in its next meetings that only 25 percent of possible sales made by clubs can be used for transfers. That is why at Atlético they understand that it is better not to touch what is already there: nor will it be sold no important player (unless the clubs decide to pay the clauses of the rojiblancos players) nor the entity of the Wanda Metropolitano may make a significant payment for any player.

Under those premises of not being able to allocate anything other than 25 of the sales in transfers, few footballers they are in the market are better than Atlético's. The decision of the club and the coaches is clear: touch the squad as little as possible. Just some barter with a midfield player: Thomas Lemar, Vitolo, Héctor Herrera … But always under the formula of the exchange. Now the club and the players are focused on the Champions League and the quarterfinal match on August 13 in Lisbon against Leipzig. Nothing matters more than that.